Ken Olson, chairman of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' A macro-bot wouldn't be able to know exactly where to double click on the screen. You can't select rocks at all, you just double click. you can't select targets that you want to mine, forest, etc., so making a macro-bot would be pretty damn hard since you have to double click on a rock to mine. Well first of all, if there is any game that you can't use a macro-bot to craft in, it's EQ2.Īnd to harvest things. How about this: as a craftsman you go harvesting in dangerous places and there is a chance that you will harvest 1 in a million component that gives that Uber Sword recipe additional +10k in dorkines? I know it does sound a bit like SWG but it's better than what it is right now. What is the 'end game' for craftsmen? Scanning the markets to see if there are any harvested components available? Telling adventurers 'This is what I need for your sword, go fetch.'? Where is the incentive to leave a city at all? To harvest at lvl 10? There is something wrong with a game where level 50 zerker goes around using his mad skilz to pick flowers. Adventurers lvl40+ have better things to do and means of making money than harvesting, like ADVENTURING. Before flames start and 'Moorgard said this and that', I'm talking about harvested components, not looted ones. Harvesting being tied to adventurer lvl ONLY is a moronic decision. My guess is that it struck raw nerve but for whatever it's worthed I will repost it here.Ĭrafting mini game: anyone who ever heard of ACTool will create a simple macro that 'Whacks the mole' as they pop during crafting. I posted this on existing harvesting thread in SOE forum but didn't get any reply.

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